Brussels, 05/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - At the initiative of the Italian Equal Opportunities Minister, Stefania Prestigiacomo, the European Commission organised, on 6 December in Syracuse, a conference on the theme "Turning the spotlight on trafficking in women". Experts and political officials from throughout the EU took stock there of the instruments that exist to combat the trade in human beings, both at national and European level (including funds from the Community initiative, Equal)....